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Chapter 320 Eunuch Li Guofu

In the East Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen and his cabinet minister Yang Sichang had another chat about military affairs.

Since Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other rogue bandits rebelled, Xiong Wencan failed to supervise and suppress him, and was arrested and interrogated. Yang Sichang was guilty of sponsoring Prime Minister Xiong Wencan's military affairs in five provinces. .

Now, Yang Sichang invited himself to go to Huguang to personally command and suppress Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other rogue bandits. He goes to the front.

After Yang Sichang resigned and left, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to feel a little restless. He paced back and forth in the pavilion, trying to relieve a little fatigue.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and said to the little eunuch who was waiting on the side: "It is said that Wang Dehua has come to see me!"

A moment later, Wang Dehua, the eunuch who was in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies, came to the East Pavilion in small steps. He stepped forward and came to Emperor Chongzhen, calling softly: "My lord, what are your orders for calling slaves!"

Emperor Chongzhen was reading the memorial on the desk. He heard the sound and knew that Wang Dehua had arrived. He put down the memorial slowly and asked, "Who is watching in Xuanzhen now?"

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In fact, as early as the beginning of Emperor Chongzhen's accession to the throne, he also vigorously eliminated the eunuchs. Even though Wei Zhongxian hanged himself to death, Emperor Chongzhen still ordered his body to be buried in Hejian, and all the eunuchs and supervisors sent to various places during the Tianqi period were withdrawn.

But the courtiers and generals of the Ming Dynasty did not give Chongzhen confidence, and the eunuchs of the supervising army all withdrew back.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, because he lost patience and trust in courtiers and generals, he appointed eunuchs Chen Daquan, Yan Siyin, Xie Wenju, and Sun Maolin as the internal army, and sent them to the camps of Marshal Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu, and Zhang Yingchang. , named Supervisor.

The eunuchs sent in various border towns were all named surveillance, and Gao Qiqian was assigned to monitor the generals in Ningyuan and Jinzhou at that time.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen once again withdrew all the eunuchs and eunuchs sent to the towns, except Gao Qiqian who still supervised the generals of the Liaodong army as usual.

In July of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen once again sent eunuchs Li Guofu and Xu Jinzhong to guard Bauhinia and Daomaguan, while Sun Weiwu and Liu Yuanbin guarded Mashuihe.

He also specially ordered Gao Qiqian to be the commander-in-chief of the army, and gave him [-] gold and [-] reward cards; he also ordered the eunuchs Zhang Yunhan and Han Zanzhou to assist him.

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This is how Gao Qiqian's title of director general came about, and it lasted until he disappeared in the 11th year of Chongzhen.

Now, the Emperor Chongzhen has ordered Wang Dehua, the eunuch who is in charge of the ceremonies, to replace Gao Qiqian as the commander-in-chief of the army, but he still has to accompany the emperor, so he is only responsible for dispatching and monitoring the troops everywhere, and has not personally gone out to supervise the army for the time being. military.

At this time, when he heard Emperor Chongzhen's question, he blurted out without thinking, "Reporting to the emperor, it is Du Xun who is currently monitoring Xuanzhen."

Emperor Chongzhen got up and left the throne, and paced back and forth in the East Pavilion to relieve his physical and mental exhaustion. Wang Dehua didn't dare to disturb him, but just stood aside with his hands down, waiting for the emperor's question.

Chongzhen walked around for a while, then he came to the carved window and stopped to look at the sky outside the window, saying: "Which loyal servant who knows military affairs is idle?"

Although Wang Dehua was far away, he kept listening with bated breath. Although Emperor Chongzhen's voice was soft, he could hear him clearly. He served the master all the year round. This is their housekeeping skill.

He walked slowly and lightly behind Emperor Chongzhen, and said: "Go back to the emperor, Li Guofu turned back from the Zijing Pass a few days ago."

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the white clouds outside the window supporting a round of red sun, and a burning expectation was burning in his heart. He turned around and said to Wang Dehua: "That's it, you ask Li Guofu to prepare. In the next few days Then set off for Xuanzhen North Road."

Wang Dehua didn't ask too many questions, he followed Emperor Chongzhen slowly, and answered softly: "Your maidservant takes orders."

"Ask Li Guofu to give Zhang Cheng an oral order so that he can drill the new army and save me from trouble." Emperor Chongzhen moved out of the East Pavilion as he spoke, the strong sunlight was very dazzling.

Wang Dehua followed Emperor Chongzhen slowly, and replied: "Your maidservant has made a note."

Emperor Chongzhen took a few steps forward, stopped suddenly and said: "Let Li Guofu stay on the North Road for a while and monitor Zhang Cheng's training of the new army nearby. Don't make Zhang Cheng lazy and play tricks."

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Daming, Chongzhen 12th June 24th, the sky was fine and cloudless.

At noon, two fast horses galloped into the Yong'an Gate in the south of Dushikou Castle, and reined in the horses when they came to the general's office. Restlessly pawing the ground.

Immediately, the two knights got off their horses, and one of them quickly took out an iron token from his pocket, and showed it to Zhang Cheng, who was guarding the gate, for inspection.

Coincidentally, the official man of the team was on duty today and happened to be patrolling the gate guard. He hurried over, only glanced at the token, and said, "Follow me quickly."

This Fang Han was originally an old team officer of Zhang Cheng's outpost A and C teams, but now he was selected as a team officer of the third team of the second team of the Guarding Army Department and became Lin Fangping's subordinate.

Fang Han didn't ask any more questions, but led the two of them straight in from the west corridor. When he met Lin Fangping in front of the main hall, he hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "General Manager, the two brothers who came back from the capital, want to see you." General."

Lin Fangping stood still and looked behind Fang Han, and felt that the two looked familiar. After thinking about it carefully, it turned out that it was Niu Sheng's team who didn't accept the night. They hadn't seen each other for more than two months. It was so dusty that he couldn't recognize it at a glance.

He asked the two of them: "You two are in such a hurry, but there is movement from the capital?"

"Master Niu has a letter, and he wants to present it to the general!"

Lin Fangping said, "Stay outside the door later."

He turned around and rushed into the official hall, and after a while, a soldier came out to invite the two of them to enter.

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Zhang Cheng put down the letter in his hand, raised his head and said to them, "It's really hard for you two to rush all the way, Fang Ping, please arrange for the two of them to rest."

Lin Fangping led the order to go out, and called his relatives to lead him and the two of them down to arrange a house to eat and rest first. After he returned to the official hall, Zhang Cheng ordered: "Fang Ping, tell Master Jin, Lord Yan, Wu Zhizhong, Chen Zheng, Chen Zhong and others came to discuss matters."

After a while, Jin Xinpeng and others rushed over, and when they were done, Zhang Cheng took out the first letter from Niu Sheng and said, "Fang Ping, pass it to Mr. Jin for reading."

Jin Xinpeng just glanced at it a few times, then smiled and said, "Congratulations to the general, my lord."

Yan Qingrong next to him took the letter in a daze, read it carefully, and passed it around one by one in the hall, all of them showed joyful smiles.

"Congratulations to the general for being promoted..."

(End of this chapter)